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| 1 |  | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) |  3.4768 479 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
$2.75
| In the second installment of the trilogy the fellowship must split up. Frodo and Samwise forge on ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen |
| 2 |  | Talk to Her (2002) | 3.4298 255 reviews | R | Drama |
$55.92
| A story about the friendship between two men, about loneliness and the long convalescence of wounds ...more about Talk to Her |
| 3 |  | Umberto D (2002) | 3.3142 32 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Foreign |
$21.95
| Carlo Battisti plays Unberto Domenico Ferrari, is a retired bureaucrat living alone with no money ...more about Umberto D starring Carlo Battisti and Maria-Pia Casilio |
| 4 |  | Far from Heaven (2002) |  3.2442 413 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Romance |
$1.45
| Cathy and Frank are the personification of the perfect 1950's family. Until Cathy discovers her ...more about Far from Heaven starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid |
| 5 |  | Chicago (2002) | 3.2416 408 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Crime, Musical, Comedy |
$3.50
| When Roxie Hart kills her lover and is placed on murderess' row, her dreams of fame and fortune ...more about Chicago starring Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| 6 |  | Sweet Sixteen (2002) | 3.2019 164 reviews | R | Drama |
$9.99
| Liam is a young, restless teen struggling to realize his dream in the gritty and dismal streets of ...more about Sweet Sixteen starring Martin Compston and William Ruane |
| 7 |  | Pianist, The (2002) | 3.1883 407 reviews | R | Drama, War |
$5.95
| A Polish Jew and gifted pianist witnesses the Nazi invasion of Poland and narrowly escapes ...more about Pianist starring Adrien Brody and Thomas Kretschmann |
| 8 |  | Adaptation. (2002) | 3.1325 489 reviews | R | Drama, Comedy |
$3.95
| An account of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's (Cage) attempt to adapt Susan Orlean's (Streep) ...more about Adaptation. starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep |
| 9 |  | Fast Runner, The (2002) | 3.1260 202 reviews | R | Drama, Fantasy |
$19.04
| Evil in the form of an unknown shaman divides a small community of nomadic Inuit, upsetting its ...more about Fast Runner starring Natar Ungalaaq and Sylvia Ivalu |
| 10 |  | Catch Me If You Can (2002) | 3.1090 464 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Biography, Crime, Comedy |
$5.00
| Mastering the art of forgery by the age of 21, Frank W. Abagnale managed to steal millions of ...more about Catch Me If You Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks |
| 11 |  | Magdalene Sisters, The (2002) | 3.1049 266 reviews | R | Drama |
$14.99
| Four women are given into the custody of the Madgalene sisterhood asylum to correct their more or ...more about Magdalene Sisters starring Anne-Marie Duff and Nora-Jane Noone |
| 12 |  | Quiet American, The (2002) | 3.1031 349 reviews | R | Drama, War, Thriller, Romance |
$7.02
| An American aid worker befriends a British newspaper correspondent while in Vietnam. When he ...more about Quiet American starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser |
| 13 |  | Whale Rider (2002) | 3.0789 357 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Family |
$7.99
| It is a long running tradition that a male heir will assume the tribe generation after generation, ...more about Whale Rider starring Keisha Castle-Hughes and Rawiri Paratene |
| 14 |  | Bloody Sunday (2002) | 3.0761 211 reviews | R | Drama, History | N/A | Documentary-style drama showing the events that lead up to the tragic incident on January 30, 1972 ...more about Bloody Sunday starring Allan Gildea and Gerard Crossan |
| 15 |  | About a Boy (2002) | 3.0745 424 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$3.92
| Based on Nick Hornby's popular British novel, About A Boy is a comedy-drama starring Hugh Grant as ...more about About a Boy starring Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult |
| 16 |  | Road to Perdition (2002) | 3.0685 274 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$1.99
| Mike Sullivan (Tom Hanks) works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney (Paul Newman) Sullivan ...more about Road to Perdition starring Tyler Hoechlin and Liam Aiken |
| 17 |  | Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) | 3.0663 268 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama |
$7.02
| This is the true story of Molly Craig, a young black Australian girl who leads her younger sister ...more about Rabbit-Proof Fence starring Everlyn Sampi and Tianna Sansbury |
| 18 |  | 24 Hour Party People (2002) | 3.0569 252 reviews | R | Drama, Biography, Musical, Comedy, Music |
$5.04
| After being inspired by the then unknown Sex Pistols, Tony Wilson establishes his own record label ...more about 24 Hour Party People starring Steve Coogan and John Thomson |
| 19 |  | Hours, The (2002) | 3.0562 392 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Romance |
$2.10
| The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different ...more about Hours starring Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore |
| 20 |  | Russian Ark (2002) | 3.0497 52 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, History, Fantasy | N/A | Told in one fluid shot, a tale which floats like a dreamlike journey through the majestic spaces of ...more about Russian Ark starring Sergei Dontsov and Mariya Kuznetsova |
| 21 |  | In America (2002) | 3.0471 277 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Romance |
$5.99
| An aspiring Irish actor and his family illegally immigrate in the United States with the dreams of ...more about In America starring Paddy Considine and Samantha Morton |
| 22 |  | Roger Dodger (2002) | 3.0398 266 reviews | R | Drama |
$9.99
| Set against the bright lights of Manhattan, a tale which takes a comic, urbane look at the modern ...more about Roger Dodger starring Campbell Scott and Jesse Eisenberg |
| 23 |  | Insomnia (2002) | 3.0340 394 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$7.71
| Sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small Alaska town, a police ...more about Insomnia starring Al Pacino and Martin Donovan |
| 24 |  | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) | 3.0326 492 reviews | R | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$9.66
| Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) is a small business owner with seven sisters whose abuse has kept him ...more about Punch-Drunk Love starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson |
| 25 |  | 25th Hour (2002) | 3.0190 400 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$7.02
| The 25th Hour depicts the last day of freedom for a young man before he begins serving a seven-year ...more about 25th Hour starring Edward Norton and Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| 26 |  | Secret Lives of Dentists, The (2002) | 3.0183 161 reviews | R | Drama |
$2.75
| The movie is based on Jane Smiley's novella The Age of Grief, and centres on a dentist, played by ...more about Secret Lives of Dentists starring Campbell Scott and Denis Leary |
| 27 |  | Spider (2002) | 3.0123 339 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$5.99
| Dennis Clegg is in his thirties and lives in a halfway house for the mentally ill in London. ...more about Spider starring Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Richardson |
| 28 |  | Gangs of New York (2002) | 3.0065 526 reviews | R | Drama, History, Crime |
$8.38
| As waves of immigrants swell the population of New York, lawlessness and corruption thrive in ...more about Gangs of New York starring Liam Carney and Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 29 |  | Antwone Fisher (2002) | 2.9947 324 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Biography |
$6.79
| A sailor (Derek Luke) prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist (Washington) for ...more about Antwone Fisher starring Derek Luke and Denzel Washington |
| 30 |  | Narc (2002) | 2.9831 311 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$7.12
| An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, ...more about Narc starring Dan Leis and Jason Patric |
| 31 |  | One Hour Photo (2002) | 2.9776 454 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller |
$5.00
| Seymour 'SY' Parrish has been doing photo development for 20 years. He has a vast knowledge of ...more about One Hour Photo starring Robin Williams and Connie Nielsen |
| 32 |  | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) | 2.9720 413 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime, Comedy |
$7.42
| Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous ...more about Confessions of a Dangerous Mind starring Dick Clark and Sam Rockwell |
| 33 |  | Believer, The (2002) | 2.9719 141 reviews | R | Drama |
$12.99
| The story of Danny Balint, who transformed himself from Jewish religious student to a rising star ...more about Believer |
| 34 |  | Signs (2002) | 2.9667 628 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$7.02
| In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a five-hundred-foot crop circle is found on the farm of Graham Hess ...more about Signs starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix |
| 35 |  | Panic Room (2002) | 2.9510 531 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$6.49
| This story centers around a divorced woman in her 30's and her daughter, who are caught up in a ...more about Panic Room starring Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart |
| 36 |  | Bend It Like Beckham (2002) | 2.9504 426 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Teen, Sports |
$3.40
| Jess is from a traditional Sikh family living in London. While her parents would prefer her to find ...more about Bend It Like Beckham starring Keira Knightley and Anupam Kher |
| 37 |  | Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002) | 2.9414 192 reviews | R | Drama |
$4.20
| A tale of three women who have reached a turning point in their lives. Delia is a spirited, ...more about Personal Velocity: Three Portraits starring Kyra Sedgwick and Parker Posey |
| 38 |  | Good Girl, The (2002) | 2.9382 299 reviews | R | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$2.32
| A frustrated young woman (Aniston) begins an affair with a young co-worker (Gyllenhaal) who ...more about Good Girl starring Jennifer Aniston and Deborah Rush |
| 39 |  | Real Women Have Curves (2002) | 2.9341 189 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Comedy, Family |
$7.71
| This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a ...more about Real Women Have Curves starring America Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros |
| 40 |  | Morvern Callar (2002) | 2.9270 206 reviews | R | Drama |
$13.99
| Following her boyfriend's suicide, supermarket clerk Morvern Callar (Morton) passes off his ...more about Morvern Callar starring Samantha Morton and Kathleen McDermott |
| 41 |  | Changing Lanes (2002) | 2.9231 406 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller |
$2.10
| An attorney (Ben Affleck) in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a ...more about Changing Lanes starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson |
| 42 |  | Nicholas Nickleby (2002) | 2.9177 248 reviews | PG | Drama |
$5.75
| Young Nicholas and his family enjoy a comfortable life, until Nicholas' father dies and the family ...more about Nicholas Nickleby starring Stella Gonet and Andrew Havill |
| 43 | | Tully (2002) | 2.9148 17 reviews | Not Rated | Drama | N/A | Based on the O'Henry Prize winning story by Tom McNeal, this film explores a legacy of love ...more about Tully |
| 44 |  | Sunshine State (2002) | 2.9079 240 reviews | PG-13 | Drama |
$3.99
| Ambitious land developers descend on a tiny Florida coastline community, inhabited mostly by local ...more about Sunshine State starring Alan King and Cullen Douglas |
| 45 |  | Ring, The (2002) | 2.9052 419 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$6.15
| When her niece spontaneously dies of fright one week to the day she watched a disturbing video, a ...more about Ring starring Naomi Watts and Martin Henderson |
| 46 |  | Bourne Identity, The (2002) | 2.9046 492 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$6.79
| Based very loosely on Robert Ludlum's novel, the Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose ...more about Bourne Identity starring Matt Damon and Franka Potente |
| 47 |  | Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002) | 2.9034 134 reviews | R | Drama, Comedy |
$7.99
| The good-hearted Harbour has spent his whole life trying to take care of his motherless and ...more about Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself starring Jamie Sives and Adrian Rawlins |
| 48 |  | Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, The (2002) | 2.9015 232 reviews | R | Drama |
$11.99
| Based on Chris Fuhrman's original and audacious coming-of-age novel, this film is a ...more about Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys starring Emile Hirsch and Kieran Culkin |
| 49 |  | Grey Zone, The (2002) | 2.9002 130 reviews | R | Drama |
$8.99
| Based on actual events, this is the story of the Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando -- one of ...more about Grey Zone |
| 50 |  | 8 Mile (2002) | 2.8994 491 reviews | R | Drama, Musical, Music |
$4.59
| A young rapper (Eminem) in Detroit struggles with his anger through music. Can a white kid with a ...more about 8 Mile starring Eminem and Kim Basinger |
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